diff --git a/doc/todo/Please_abort_build_if___34__make_test__34___fails.mdwn b/doc/todo/Please_abort_build_if___34__make_test__34___fails.mdwn
index 474d9c9d8f..592b5e0773 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Please_abort_build_if___34__make_test__34___fails.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Please_abort_build_if___34__make_test__34___fails.mdwn
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-A failure during "make test" should be signalled to the caller by means of a non-zero exit code. Without that signal, it's very hard to run the regression test suite in an automated fashion.
+A failure during "make test" should be signalled to the caller by means of
+a non-zero exit code. Without that signal, it's very hard to run the
+regression test suite in an automated fashion.
+
+> git-annex used to have a Makefile that ignored make test exit status,
+> but that was fixed in commit dab5bddc64ab4ad479a1104748c15d194e138847,
+> in October 6th. [[done]] --[[Joey]]